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0¹ OSMAJIC flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area. 3¹ GOAL!! A scuffed LEVITT shot found HÉLDER COSTA who made no mistake from just inside the area. (1-0 Rochdale) 5¹ GOAL!! A quick-witted OSMAJIC pounced on a loose ball just inside the box and made no mistake. (2-0 Rochdale) 7¹ GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by RUIZ who setup OSMAJIC with an easy chance. (3-0 Rochdale) 8¹ YEATS fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 18¹ RUIZ was put clear by OSMAJIC and he beat the Cheltenham Town 'keeper but thrust his shot wide. 19¹ Uncertainty in the Cheltenham Town defence enabled HÉLDER COSTA to crack the ball over. 25¹ EBANKS-LANDELL beat two Cheltenham Town players and blasted a great chance over. 27¹ FASSNACHT made space on the left and pulled the ball to HÉLDER COSTA who clipped the ball wide. 28¹ MARTIM brought the ball round HAMILTON and poked a weak shot over. 31¹ GOAL!! RUIZ drove a powerful shot against the crossbar with FASSNACHT cracking in the rebound. (4-0 Rochdale) 44¹ YEATS steamed through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at DAVIES. 45¹ GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Rochdale, after OTOO had fouled LEVITT which OSMAJIC comfortably converted. (5-0 Rochdale) 1² OSMAJIC stroked a simple chance past the near post. 5² OSMAJIC kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box. 9² HÉLDER COSTA ran onto a wonderful ball from RUIZ but pulled his shot wide of the righthand post. 24² The hapless Cheltenham Town 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from OWENS fell just over. 30² A weak strike from HÉLDER COSTA rolled agonisingly wide. 30² A useful ball from BURNER on the left fell to FASSNACHT who scuffed his shot over. 37² RUIZ booked for gamesmanship. 39² HÉLDER COSTA fluffed a simple chance. 40² HÉLDER COSTA played the ball to OSMAJIC who forced it over.

Rochdale   League position: 16 Home league form: WLLW Overall league form: LWLLWLLO Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Harvey DAVIES 7  1 6½ Tobi OLUWAYEMI MARTIM Moreira 8  2 6½ Jamie HAMILTON Jay DASILVA 8  3 6½ Murray AIKEN Marcel RUIZ 8  4 6  Ewan OTOO(c) Ethan EBANKS-LANDELL 7½ 5 6½ Fergus OWENS Patrick BURNER 4½ 6 6½ Mason HANCOCK Christian FASSNACHT 7½ 7 6  Jay HENDERSON HÉLDER Wander COSTA 7½ 8 6  Jack TURNER (p)Milutin OSMAJIC 7½ 9 6½ Finn YEATS(p) (f)Dylan LEVITT 6½ 10 6  Fraser TAYLOR(f) (c)Andreas WEIMANN 8  11 5½ Liam McSTRAVICK Manager Scott Smillie Andrew HUGHES    12    Dylan WATRET Umaro EMBALÓ    13    Liam RUSSELL RODRIGO Francisco FERNANDES    14    Chris MOCHRIE Naoufal BANNIS 6  15    Liam McLEISH Jetro WILLEMS    16    Stuart McKINSTRY

Cheltenham Town   League position: 21 Away league form: LLLX Overall league form: LLLLLLXL Formation: 3-2-4-1

Statistics

Rochdale 5 Cheltenham Town 0 (Half-time: 5-0, Attendance: 18,614, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Mark Haywood 7½) Hélder Costa 3¹, Osmajic 5¹, Osmajic 7¹, Fassnacht 31¹, Osmajic 45¹ (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession   BurneróBannis 35²       Ruiz 37²   9 2 5 8 13 10 8 3 22 1 30 4 3 3 66% 34% ¶ Man of the match: Marcel Ruiz ¶